The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-01
FRATERNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
The Secret Societies,
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
Center Lodge +. and A. NJ holds its stated month.
ly meeting tomorrow evening.
Queen Esther Chapter o. f. s.. will meet in bust
session Friday evening.
The ". NJ. degree will be conferred by keystone
Chapter, r. a. NJ on Tuesday evening.
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection A. and A. S.
r., will confer the degrees to 9-on Wednesday
evening.
A. NJ. Thursday evening special election will be
held to FIJI vacancy in the Office of junior warden.
The exemph6cation of the new ritual by Raper
Comrnandery r. T., last Tuesday. in the presence of
the officers and representatives of the Grand Com
mandery. well received. Raper probably the
using the changed form of work.
Bruce Carr VIII Noble. n N. Griffin and L. T.
Mehener accom- panied bv ten or twelve other pron,i
Masons from Indianapolis were in Shelbyville
Friday evening. Shelby Lodge Of Masons comforting
occasion Of their visit. grand time had. re-
freshments being served and the festivities of the
casion lasting until a late hour
oDD-FELLows
The first degree will be conferred by Phloxenian
Lodge on Wednesday night.
The degree staff of Olive Branch Lodge, D. of R.
will meet for rehearsal Thursday afternoon, at 2
o'clock.
Three candidates initiated by Corinthian
Lodge n Friday night and elected, who will be
initiated next Friday night.
The committee transportation have not succeeded
yet in getting any reduced from the railroads
for those attending tie unwilling of the Colfax
The pedestal of the Colfax monument was shipped
from Quincy Mass. yesterday and Will the
10th inst The statue viii be shipped from Chicago
the 9th.
The general committee arrangeme nts for unvel-
ing the Colfax win meet Thursday
ing at o'clock in the encampment room, Grand
Lodge building.
The Colfax committee has abandoned the idea of
putting afence around the monument, unless it shall
be that one is necessary to protect the
monument against vandals.
A Rebekah Degree Lodge instituted at Colfax
last week by IT, E. Bradshaw, special deputy The
work done by the degree staff of Eden Lodge. of
Thorntown, and was we'll done.
Philoxenian Lodge on Wednesday night accepted the
proposition of Corinthian Lodge to consolidate. This
will make Phoxenian the largest lodge in the State
and in short time it will do its work equal any
lodge in the country.
General PfaAlin mustered Canton Angola. No. "a,
Patriarchs Militant, Wednesday. with thirty-one
ment of Coldwater. Mich. was present. under com
mand of Captain Dart. and rendered efficient assist
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs
Capital City Lodge, No. OF. conferred the second
rank two candidates last Monday evening.
Bridgeton and Roseville. Parke county, will each
probably organize lodge during the month of May
New Castle Division. T. r. viii be mustered in
next Thursday evening, with thirty-fve men in line
Tunnelton, Lawrence. county, has asked for dis
pensation to organize lodge. May .. which. al
though the time is limited win doubt be granted.
Crescens Lodge at New Castle, is having quite
boom in the way OF new members. They have re-
ceived aboFt sixty applications, Hon Eugene Bundy
being amoAg the number.
Star Lodge No T. conferred the amplifed third
rank two candidates for the lodge at Carbon Ind
on last Tuesday evening. About fifty knights from
Carbon present and were highly pleased with the
work Of this model lodge. The arplifed first rank
was also exemplifed on two of their cwn candidates
for the benefit of the visitors.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Bowers has
ceived communication from the Grand Lodge of
Missouri publishing Bernard J. Smith inn
postor and dead beat. He is travelling the
country. Red Cross Lodge No 81, of St Louis asks
any lodge getting their hands an old travelling
shield which he holds, to return it TO them.
Grand Vice-chancellor Hsiskell has received ccm-
rnunicatiop from William Mill Butler. editor of the
Pythiau Herald, who has just organized a lodge of
eightyone members az Rochester. N. ". requesting
him give plans and specifications. and all inforna-
ton in regard the working of the ampied third in
this city Thew have heard of the superior in
which the work is done here, and desire to 90 the
work equally creditably.
UNITED ORDER OF HONOR
Decline Lodge initiated two applicants Wednes-
day evening.
The officers Of the Supreme Lodge viii visit Pleas
ant Lodge No. 1885, at Brightwood, on Thursday